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Ciprofloxacin poly(β-amino ester) conjugates enhance antibiofilm activity and slow the development of resistance (2024)
Journal Article
Kasza, K., Richards, B., Jones, S., Romero, M., Robertson, S. N., Hardie, K. R., …Alexander, C. (2024). Ciprofloxacin poly(β-amino ester) conjugates enhance antibiofilm activity and slow the development of resistance. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16(5), 5412-5425. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c14357

To tackle the emerging antibiotic resistance crisis, novel antimicrobial approaches are urgently needed. Bacterial biofilms are a particular concern in this context as they are responsible for over 80% of bacterial infections and are inherently more... Read More about Ciprofloxacin poly(β-amino ester) conjugates enhance antibiofilm activity and slow the development of resistance.

Managing patient safety and staff safety in nursing homes: exploring how leaders of nursing homes negotiate their dual responsibilities—a case study (2024)
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Magerøy, M. R., Macrae, C., Braut, G. S., & Wiig, S. (2024). Managing patient safety and staff safety in nursing homes: exploring how leaders of nursing homes negotiate their dual responsibilities—a case study. Frontiers in Health Services, 4, Article 1275743. https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2024.1275743

Objective: Within healthcare, the role of leader is becoming more complex, and healthcare leaders carry an increasing responsibility for the performance of employees, the experience and safety of patients and the quality of care provision. This study... Read More about Managing patient safety and staff safety in nursing homes: exploring how leaders of nursing homes negotiate their dual responsibilities—a case study.

Automated Maximum Torque per Ampere Identification for Synchronous Reluctance Machines with Limited Flux Linkage Information (2024)
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Wang, S., Varvolik, V., Bao, Y., Aboelhassan, A., Degano, M., Buticchi, G., & Zhang, H. (2024). Automated Maximum Torque per Ampere Identification for Synchronous Reluctance Machines with Limited Flux Linkage Information. Machines, 12(2), Article 96. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12020096

The synchronous reluctance machine is well-known for its highly nonlinear magnetic saturation and cross-saturation characteristics. For high performance and high-efficiency control, the flux-linkage maps and maximum torque per ampere table are of par... Read More about Automated Maximum Torque per Ampere Identification for Synchronous Reluctance Machines with Limited Flux Linkage Information.

Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2) in frail or older people with type 2 diabetes and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2024)
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Aldafas, R., Crabtree, T., Alkharaiji, M., Vinogradova, Y., & Idris, I. (2024). Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2) in frail or older people with type 2 diabetes and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing, 53(1), Article afad254. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad254

Objective: Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2Is) reduce cardio-metabolic and renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) but their efficacy and safety in older or frail individuals remains unclear. Methods: We searched PubMed,... Read More about Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2) in frail or older people with type 2 diabetes and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Novel enrichment reduces boredom-associated behaviors in housed dairy cows (2024)
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Russell, A. L., Randall, L. V., Eyre, N., Kaler, J., & Green, M. J. (2024). Novel enrichment reduces boredom-associated behaviors in housed dairy cows. JDS Communications, 5(5), 452-456. https://doi.org/10.3168/jdsc.2023-0475

There is currently societal interest and concern for dairy cow welfare. It has been suggested that boredom poses a welfare issue for dairy cows, particularly when presented with extended disposable time in housed environments that lack stimuli. Farm... Read More about Novel enrichment reduces boredom-associated behaviors in housed dairy cows.

Using healthcare systems data for outcomes in clinical trials: issues to consider at the design stage (2024)
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Toader, A., Campbell, M. K., Quint, J. K., Robling, M., Sydes, M. R., Thorn, J., …Williamson, P. (2024). Using healthcare systems data for outcomes in clinical trials: issues to consider at the design stage. Trials, 25(1), Article 94. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-07926-z

Background: Healthcare system data (HSD) are increasingly used in clinical trials, augmenting or replacing traditional methods of collecting outcome data. This study, PRIMORANT, set out to identify, in the UK context, issues to be considered before t... Read More about Using healthcare systems data for outcomes in clinical trials: issues to consider at the design stage.

Whole-genome resource sequences of 57 indigenous Ethiopian goats (2024)
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Belay, S., Belay, G., Nigussie, H., Jian-Lin, H., Tijjani, A., Ahbara, A. M., …Mwacharo, J. M. (2024). Whole-genome resource sequences of 57 indigenous Ethiopian goats. Scientific Data, 11(1), Article 139. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-02973-2

Domestic goats are distributed worldwide, with approximately 35% of the one billion world goat population occurring in Africa. Ethiopia has 52.5 million goats, ~99.9% of which are considered indigenous landraces deriving from animals introduced to th... Read More about Whole-genome resource sequences of 57 indigenous Ethiopian goats.

Accelerating reliability analysis of deteriorated simply supported concrete beam with a newly developed approach: MCS, FORM and ANN (2024)
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Al-Mosawe, D., Neves, L., & Owen, J. (2024). Accelerating reliability analysis of deteriorated simply supported concrete beam with a newly developed approach: MCS, FORM and ANN. Structures, 60, Article 105962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2024.105962

Reliability analysis methods are used to evaluate the safety of reinforced concrete structures by evaluating the limit state function g(Xi). For implicit limit state function and nonlinear analysis, an advanced reliability analysis methods are needed... Read More about Accelerating reliability analysis of deteriorated simply supported concrete beam with a newly developed approach: MCS, FORM and ANN.

Assessment Accuracy of Standard Point Positioning Enhanced by Observation and Position Domain Filtering Utilizing a Multi-Epoch Least-Squares Integration Method (2024)
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Li, F., Psimoulis, P., Li, Q., Yang, J., Gao, J., Kou, X., …Meng, X. (2024). Assessment Accuracy of Standard Point Positioning Enhanced by Observation and Position Domain Filtering Utilizing a Multi-Epoch Least-Squares Integration Method. Remote Sensing, 16(3), Article 517. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16030517

To enhance the positioning accuracy of standalone GNSS receivers in environments unable to provide precise ephemeris and clock offset, such as undeveloped forest areas that lack network communication and power supply, this study employed the Time Dif... Read More about Assessment Accuracy of Standard Point Positioning Enhanced by Observation and Position Domain Filtering Utilizing a Multi-Epoch Least-Squares Integration Method.

A case report of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia with LDLR gene mutation complicated by premature coronary artery disease detected in primary care (2024)
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Abdul-Halim, M. A. Z., Abdul-Hamid, H., Baharudin, N., Mohamed-Yassin, M., Kasim, S. S., Nawawi, H., …Ramli, A. S. (2024). A case report of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia with LDLR gene mutation complicated by premature coronary artery disease detected in primary care. European Heart Journal: Case Reports, 8(2), Article ytae039. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytae039

Background: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant genetic condition predominantly caused by the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) gene mutation. Case summary: This is the case of a 54-year-old Malay woman with genetically... Read More about A case report of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia with LDLR gene mutation complicated by premature coronary artery disease detected in primary care.

Parameter control in synthesis of Vermiculite-CaCl2 composite materials for thermochemical adsorption heat storage (2024)
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Zhang, Y., Chen, Z., Zhang, Y., Su, Y., & Riffat, S. (2024). Parameter control in synthesis of Vermiculite-CaCl2 composite materials for thermochemical adsorption heat storage. Energy, 291, Article 130478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.130478

This study utilised vermiculite as a matrix to explore various impregnation methods for synthesising vermiculite-CaCl2 composite materials (VCMs), focusing on the impact of these methods on the performance of VCMs as thermochemical materials. Results... Read More about Parameter control in synthesis of Vermiculite-CaCl2 composite materials for thermochemical adsorption heat storage.

Propagation of extended fractures by local nucleation and rapid transverse expansion of crack-front distortion (2024)
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Cochard, T., Svetlizky, I., Albertini, G., Viesca, R. C., Rubinstein, S., Spaepen, F., …Weitz, D. (2024). Propagation of extended fractures by local nucleation and rapid transverse expansion of crack-front distortion. Nature Physics, 20(4), 660–665. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02365-0

Fractures are ubiquitous and can lead to the catastrophic material failure of materials. Although fracturing in a two-dimensional plane is well understood, all fractures are extended in and propagate through three-dimensional space. Moreover, their b... Read More about Propagation of extended fractures by local nucleation and rapid transverse expansion of crack-front distortion.

Five creative ways to promote reproducible science (2024)
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Weinerova, J., Botvinik-Nezer, R., & Tibon, R. (in press). Five creative ways to promote reproducible science. Nature Human Behaviour, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01808-1

Realist Evaluation Comparison of Dementia-Friendly Communities in England and the Netherlands (2024)
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Chadborn, N. H., Thijssen, M., Logan, P., Radford, K., & Graff, M. (2024). Realist Evaluation Comparison of Dementia-Friendly Communities in England and the Netherlands. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2024, Article 5576029. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/5576029

Introduction. Dementia-friendly communities coordinate activities and events which offer social inclusion and participation of people with dementia. Initiatives can include memory cafés, sports, and tourist and heritage visits. This study explored ho... Read More about Realist Evaluation Comparison of Dementia-Friendly Communities in England and the Netherlands.

Windage Torque Reduction in Low-Pressure Turbine Cavities Part I: Concept Design and Numerical Investigations (2024)
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Li, Z., Christodoulou, L., Jefferson-Loveday, R. J., Ambrose, S., Jackson, R., Lock, G. D., …Scobie, J. (2024). Windage Torque Reduction in Low-Pressure Turbine Cavities Part I: Concept Design and Numerical Investigations. Journal of Turbomachinery, 146(6), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064224

The windage torque on rotational walls has negative effect on the performance of the low pressure turbine. In this paper, three novel flow control concepts (FCCs) were proposed to reduce the windage torque within a turbine stator well, with upstream... Read More about Windage Torque Reduction in Low-Pressure Turbine Cavities Part I: Concept Design and Numerical Investigations.

Windage Torque Reduction in Low-Pressure Turbine Cavities Part II: Experimental and Numerical Results (2024)
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Jackson, R. W., Li, Z., Christodoulou, L., Ambrose, S., Sangan, C. M., Jefferson-Loveday, R., …Scobie, J. A. (2024). Windage Torque Reduction in Low-Pressure Turbine Cavities Part II: Experimental and Numerical Results. Journal of Turbomachinery, 146(6), Article 061005. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4063876

Minimizing the losses within a low-pressure turbine (LPT) system is critical for the design of next-generation ultra-high bypass ratio aero-engines. The stator-well cavity windage torque can be a significant source of loss within the system, influenc... Read More about Windage Torque Reduction in Low-Pressure Turbine Cavities Part II: Experimental and Numerical Results.

Sustainable banking (2024)
Book Chapter
Niamh, O. (2024). Sustainable banking. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (187-191). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch35

Sustainable banking refers to the integration of environmental and social issues into banking activities, principally including commercial and retail banking. As with institutional investors, sustainability issues in the banking sector are primarily... Read More about Sustainable banking.

Sustainable finance (2024)
Book Chapter
O'Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable finance. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (196-201). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch37

Sustainable finance relates to the integration of environmental and social issues into banking, investment, and insurance activities, and the recognition that in doing so, the financial sector has tremendous leverage to shift international economies... Read More about Sustainable finance.

Sustainable Insurance (2024)
Book Chapter
O’Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable Insurance. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (202-206). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch38

Sustainable insurance refers to the integration of environmental, social and governance issues into insurance activities. This relates to both property and casualty insurance— otherwise known as ‘non-life’ insurance— as well as life insurance. As wit... Read More about Sustainable Insurance.

Sustainable Investment (2024)
Book Chapter
O’Sullivan, N. (2024). Sustainable Investment. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (207-214). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880344.ch39

Sustainable investment, more widely currently known as “responsible investment”, refers to the integration of sustainability issues— otherwise known as environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the investment community— into core investmen... Read More about Sustainable Investment.